NAILROD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nailrod mean? 

• NAILROD (noun)
  The noun NAILROD has 1 sense:

1. tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

  Familiarity information: NAILROD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAILROD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bullrush; bulrush; cat's-tail; nailrod; reed mace; reedmace; Typha latifolia

Hypernyms ("nailrod" is a kind of...):

cattail (tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes)